Spotted: Amitabh Bachchan, Rajinikanth, Mukesh Ambani and Sachin Tendulkar

Mumbai: The second season of the glitzy Indian Super League got off to a dazzling start as a host of celebrities descended on Nehru Stadium here on Saturday.

The 45-minute programme was attended by Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajinikanth, A.R. Rahman and Alia Bhatt on the stage and Arjun Kapoor as the host. It was a starry affair at Indian Super League in Chennai. The initial part of the programme saw a performance by Bansi Kaul's troop.

Young bollywood actor Alia Bhatt gyrated to some of her hits from movies like Student of the Year, besides performing to the ISL theme song 'Let's Football'. The franchises owners of opening day fixture between Atletico de Kolkata and Chennaiyin FC were called on to the stage and introduced by host Arjun Kapoor, following which Aishwarya entered the scene.

Amitabh Bachchan couldn't stop clapping as her daughter-in-law performed.

Taking to Twitter, the actor shared many pictures. Take a look!

"Back from the opening event of the ISL football championship .. Chennain FC our team played AT Kolkata and lost 2-3 .. good game , great company .. and pray that we improve in the days to come .. The company was great - Rajnikant, Sachin and Alia and Arjun and Aishwarya and Abhishek and Shewta my daughter and Jaya .. and Mr Mukesh Ambani. Family is always best together .. and with Aaradhya especially," shared Big B on Facebook.